A family in Malaysia received a nasty surprise when a 10-foot reticulated python crashed through the ceiling of their home while they were watching TV. The incident took place at Kampung Pasir Lutong in the Miri Division of Sarawak, Malaysia. The Miri District Operations Control Center was called to the scene by the mother of […]
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Python swallows woman at plantation in Indonesia
A woman was found dead in the stomach of a 7-metre python at a rubber plantation where she worked in Indonesia, according to local reports. The woman, identified as Jahrah, 54, went to work on the plantation in Jambi province, on the island of Sumatra, on Sunday morning and her husband reported her missing when […]
Queens Man Charged With Smuggling Burmese Pythons Across U.S. Canada Border
A New York City man was charged last week after prosecutors said that he smuggled three Burmese pythons into the US from Canada. The man, Calvin Bautista, smuggled three of the pythons in his pants as he rode a bus across the United States and Canadian border back in 2018. Bautista case is being investigated […]
Florida team hauls in 18-foot, 215-pound Burmese python
A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds (98 kilograms), was nearly 18 feet long (5 meters) and had 122 developing eggs, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida said in a news release. The team used radio transmitters transplanted […]
Gorilla caged in ‘concrete cell’ at ‘world’s saddest zoo’ for 38 years begs for scraps
Thailand’s only living gorilla remains caged in a small concrete enclosure after being homed in “one of the saddest places in the world” in 1983. Celebs such as Cher and Gillian Anderson have campaigned for her freedom but efforts have so far been fruitless. That’s because Bua Noi remains locked up at the infamous Pata […]
Reptile traffickers trawl scientific literature, target newly described species
“What happens when a new species of gecko is discovered? Two Germans grab their suitcases and get on a plane,” says Sandra Altherr, telling an in-house joke. Altherr is a co-founder of Pro Wildlife, a conservation NGO in Germany. In the joke, the anonymous men with suitcases are reptile traders. Their objective is to get […]
Petition: Model Arrested for Illegally Living with “Pet” Lion Cub and Python
Recently, the docu-series Tiger King aired and was watched by millions around the world. Unfortunately, it didn’t expose tiger captivity as it should have and not only are people supporting the animal abuser, but it didn’t do anything to show people just how terrible big cat captivity is. Animal abusers and people who think they […]
Welsh Zoo where lynx escaped from before being shot dead saw a fifth of its animals die in just 12 months
A zoo that came under fire after a lynx escaped saw a fifth of their animals die over a period of 12 months, it has been revealed. Vets were called in to investigate Borth Wild Animal Kingdom in Aberystwyth, west Wales, after the big cat broke free in 2017 before it was eventually shot dead […]